Ending Exclusion from Refugee Protection and Advancing International Justice 210422 Final

The significance of prosecuting those who are responsible for the commission of serious international crimes for international justice and the promotion of international peace and security should not be lost in the turmoil and brazen disregard and trampling of millions of people’s most fundamental human rights and respect for their human dignity, that also includes the right to peace itself.10 The. [...] The Purpose of the Exclusion Clauses The “Exclusion Clauses,” Article 1F of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, are intended to ensure, according to the UNHCR, the “integrity of the asylum concept” and that the perpetrators of heinous acts and serious common crimes are not granted refugee protection.12 In short, the “Exclusion Clauses” “help to preserve the integrity of the asy. [...] Especially their concerns with the efficacy of the exclusion clause in view of the expanded reach of international human rights since the establishment of the Refugee Convention and the quest for international criminal justice for the most serious crimes known to humankind, namely aggression, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity has merit. [...] This is the only provision in the UDHR which has any limitation of the rights contained in it; as well, the wording of article 14(2) was the starting point of the deliberations for the drafting of the Refugee Convention in 1950. [...] 14 States Parties recognize the right of every child alleged as, accused of, or recognized as having infringed the penal law to be treated in a manner consistent with the promotion of the child's sense of dignity and worth, which reinforces the child's respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of others and which takes into account the child's age and the desirability of promoting the.